linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: Don't leak next_walk_state in acpi_ds_call_control

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Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:15:20 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	Bob Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: Don't leak next_walk_state in acpi_ds_call_control_method()

On Sunday 21 of October 2012 22:35:46 Jesper Juhl wrote:
> If acpi_ds_create_walk_state() succeeds, but the call to
> ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED() fails, then we'll return from the function
> without properly freeing 'next_walk_state'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>

This has to go through ACPICA upstream, but we'll get it from there eventually.

Thanks,
Rafael


> ---
>  drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
> index aa9a5d4..ade59a3 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
> @@ -378,7 +378,8 @@ acpi_ds_call_control_method(struct acpi_thread_state *thread,
>  	 */
>  	info = ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED(sizeof(struct acpi_evaluate_info));
>  	if (!info) {
> -		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NO_MEMORY);
> +		status = AE_NO_MEMORY;
> +		goto cleanup;
>  	}
>  
>  	info->parameters = &this_walk_state->operands[0];
> 
-- 
I speak only for myself.
Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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